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Young  ladies  of 
Conf  Pam  12mo  #450 


«ntaw,  2Ua.,  JDce'r  25tlj,  1863. 

Young  Ladies  of  the  History  Class : 

I  received,  on  yesterday  evening,  the  box  of  beautiful  Books 
and  the  elegant  Inkstand,  which  you  have  done  me  the  honor  to 
present  to  me  as  a  Christmas  gift. 

Rarely,  if  ever,  have  I  received  a  testimonial  of  any  kind, 
which  has  touched  so  strongly  the  grateful  sensibilities  of  my 
heart.  I  have,  from  the  first,  deemed  it  an  honor,  and  esteem- 
ed it  a  personal  compliment,  to  be  the  director  of  your  historical 
studies.  My  association  with  you  has  been,  not  only  peculiarly 
agreeable  to  me  personally,  but  highly  instructive  and  entertaining. 
The  uniform  kindness  and  courtesy  witb  which  you  have  treated 
me  and  the  delightful  character  of  our  joint  pursuits,  have  filled 
tbe  period,  occupied  by  our  historical  studies,  with  pleasant  mem- 
pries  which   must  abide  with  me  through  life. 

For  the  agreeable  labor  which  I  bestowed  upon  tbe 
efforts  to  make  our  meetings  instructive  and  entertaining,  I 
feel  doubly  compensated  by  the  kind  and  charitable  spirit 
in  which  you  received  my  instructions,  and  by  the  diligent  improve- 
ment which  you  made  of  them.  I  feel  that  I  can  safely  say,  that 
each  member  of  the  class  made  marked  and  most  gratifying 
progress  in  the  acquisition  of  historical  knowledge.  Nor  do  I 
bestow  a  groundless  personal  compliment  when  I  assert,  that  the 
Unusual  amount  of  cultivated  talent  embraced  in  the  membership 
of  the  class  and  the  thirst  for  knowledge,  which  usually  accom- 
panies the  gift,  will  alone  explain  the  unabated  and  ever  increas- 
ing interest  in  your  studies  which  constituted  the  most  character- 
istic and  striking  feature  of  the  cla»s.  It  was  this  unabated  literary 
zeal  on  your  part,  added  to  the  uniform  urbanity  of  your  deport- 
ment, that  made  the  discharge  of  my  duties  so  pleasant  and 
leaves  the  remembrance  of  our  association  unmingled  with  a 
single  regret. 

To  the  intellectual  associations  which  properly  belong  to  the 
class,  you  have  now  added  a  material  tie,  in  the  beautiful  gift 
with  which  you  have  honored  me.  No  expression  of  good  wishes 
on  your  part  could  be  more  appropriate  and  graceful  and,  I  assure 
you,  none  could  be  more  acceptable  to  me.  Tbe  books,  though 
dumb  in  themselves,  will  ever  be  eloquent  mementoes  of  an  agree- 
able past.  The  inkstand  will  never  be  used  without  a  grateful 
remembrance  of  the  fair  young  donors,  in  JieU.  one  of  whom  I 
have  the  happiness  to   recognize  a  cherished  personal  friend. 

May  Heaven  bless  each  one  of  you,  Young  Ladies,  with  the 
phoicest  of  its  benefactions  both  here  and  hereafter,  is  the  ardent 
wish  of      f  Your  sincere  and  obliged  friend, 

JOS.  W.  TAYLOR. 


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